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Curriculum subject

Data analysis and geoinformatics

Subject
Subject code RKJ001
Subject name Data analysis and geoinformatics
Credit points 3 ECTS
Grading method Grade prelim
Subject program
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2019 FOR
Study year 1
Semester Spring semester
Subject type Optional
Subject loads
Lecture 8
Practice 24
General description
Course gives a practical overview of cartography and geoinformatics. Teaches how to use, collect and manipulate geographical data with opensource program Qgis.
Aim
Student who has ended the course will:
- knows main basic types of geographical entities (discrete objects, continuous fields)
- knows different types of features in vector data model and knows when to use them
- knows data structures used to store georeferenced data and knows how to create them
- knows most used coordinate systems
- knows how to create map layers and do basic operations with them
- knows how to collect georeferenced data
- knows how to connect GIS-systems to general data analysis
Form description
Lectures and practical work
Evaluation methods
Theory test and practical assignments.
Current rounds
None
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